“I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever,” “The Colbert Report” Twitter wrote Thursday.

The joke was taken from a bit on Wednesday night’s “The Colbert Report,” parodying Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder and his launch of the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation in light of controversy over the team name. Taken out of context, however, many Twitter users saw the joke as racist, and launched a #CancelColbert campaign that quickly became a trending topic.

Guys, it was a joke. Those criticizing Colbert may want to look up the definition of satire sometime:

sat·ire

ˈsaˌtīr/

noun

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

We march ever forward toward our ultimate idiocracy. I think that Jim Norton really nailed it in his tweet:

People who support #CancelColbert ignore the context because they WANT to be offended. In America, outrage = empowerment.#Dopes, #Frauds